Published Nov 10, 2022
VHSL Football Top Tens - End of 2022 Regular Season Edition
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We head into the postseason with 14 undefeated teams in Virginia High School Football with five of them at the Class 4 level alone.

Only one defending State Champion, Phoebus, enters the playoffs with an unblemished record. That comes after hammering two-time reigning Class 6 State Champ Oscar Smith 56-0, reversing the outcome of last year when they fell to the Tigers 42-0 in Chesapeake.

The highest classification, Class 6, sees three unbeatens march on the postseason, but there won't be that many when the State Playoffs. That's because two of them, Freedom-Woodbridge and Battlefield, are in Region 6B and could potentially meet for the regional title on Thanksgiving weekend.

Both Region 4B and Region 4C feature multiple unblemished squads as well.

This will be our final installment of the rankings until the State Playoffs conclude in December. So enjoy our newest Top Tens for all six classifications below, and buckle up for what should be an exciting ride through the playoffs.


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Note - This list was published prior to opening round playoff games on Thursday, November 10, 2022


Class 6 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Lake Braddock (8-2) fell to #6 South County 33-24
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Freedom-PW

10-0

Idle

2 (3)

Battlefield

10-0

W 17-7 over Patriot

3 (5)

Fairfax

10-0

W 55-30 over West Springfield

4 (6)

South County

9-1

W 33-24 over Lake Braddock

5 (2)

Oscar Smith

8-1

L 0-56 to Phoebus

6 (4)

Thomas Dale

9-1

L 23-63 to Dinwiddie

7 (7)

Patriot

9-1

L 7-17 to Battlefield

8 (9)

Western Branch

8-2

Idle

9 (10)

Manchester

8-2

W 38-31 over Monacan

10 (HM)

Madison

7-3

W 34-7 over Chantilly

Honorable Mention:
Centreville (8-2)
West Springfield (8-2)

Class 5 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #10 Albemarle (7-2) fell to Class 4 #4 Louisa 69-34
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Highland Springs

10-0

W 29-0 over Varina

2 (2)

Green Run

10-0

W 42-14 over Landstown

3 (3)

Stone Bridge

9-1

W 56-7 over Independence

4 (4)

Maury

7-1

W 45-14 over Norview

5 (5)

Kempsville

9-1

W 57-10 over First Colonial

6 (7)

Mountain View

9-1

W 24-12 over Riverbend

7 (8)

Midlothian

9-1

W 30-14 over James River

8 (9)

PH-Roanoke

8-2

W 17-7 over Salem

9 (6)

Riverbend

8-2

L 12-24 to Mountain View

10 (10)

Cox

8-2

W 31-6 over Kellam

Honorable Mention:
Indian River (7-3)
Briar Woods (7-3)
Salem-VB (7-3)


Class 4 Top Ten:
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (2)

Dinwiddie

10-0

W 63-23 over Thomas Dale

2 (4)

Louisa

10-0

W 50-12 over Meadowbrook

3 (5)

King George

10-0

W 40-7 over Courtland

4 (1)

Varina

9-1

L 0-29 to Highland Springs

5 (7)

Loudoun County

10-0

W 28-0 over Heritage-Leesburg

6 (8)

Kettle Run

10-0

W 47-20 over Sherando

7 (9)

E.C. Glass

9-1

W 26-14 over Liberty Christian

8 (10)

Warwick

9-1

Idle

9 (3)

Salem

8-2

L 7-17 to PH-Roanoke

10 (6)

King's Fork

8-2

L 20-21 to Nansemond River (OT)

Honorable Mention:
Tuscarora (9-1)
Eastern View (8-2)
Hanover (8-2)


Class 3 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #9 Bassett (7-3) fell to Martinsville 17-10
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Phoebus

10-0

W 56-0 over Oscar Smith

2 (3)

Lake Taylor

9-1

W 61-13 over J.R. Tucker

3 (2)

Liberty Christian

9-1

L 14-26 to E.C. Glass

4 (4)

Heritage-Lynchburg

8-2

W 45-20 over Amherst

5 (5)

Lord Botetourt

9-1

W 41-14 over Staunton River

6 (6)

Lafayette

9-1

W 49-7 over Warhill

7 (7)

Brentsville District

9-1

Idle

8 (8)

Brookville

7-3

W 35-14 over Rustburg

9 (10)

Turner Ashby

8-2

W 35-14 over Rockbridge

10 (HM)

Magna Vista

7-3

W 55-28 over Patrick County

Honorable Mention:
Spotswood (8-2)
Norcom (7-3)
Hopewell (6-4)
York (7-3)
Christiansburg (7-3)


Class 2 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #8 Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (7-3) fell to Mills Godwin 34-7
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Graham

10-0

W 47-13 over Marion

2 (3)

Strasburg

9-1

W 22-17 over Central-Woodstock

3 (4)

Radford

9-1

W 42-7 over James River-Buchanan

4 (5)

Ridgeview

9-1

W 41-0 over Gate City

5 (2)

Central-Woodstock

8-2

L 17-22 to Strasburg

6 (6)

Appomattox

7-3

Idle

7 (7)

Luray

8-2

W 49-14 over Madison County

8 (9)

Virginia High

8-2

W 52-28 over Richlands

9 (10)

Glenvar

7-3

W 49-14 over Giles

10 (HM)

Martinsville

9-1

W 17-10 over Bassett

Honorable Mention:
King William (7-3)
Clarke County (7-3)
Buckingham (8-2)


Class 1 Top Ten:
Dropped Out: #9 Grundy (5-4) fell to Central-Wise 41-8
Rank (LW)TeamRecordResult

1 (1)

Essex

10-0

W 42-0 over Rappahannock

2 (2)

Riverheads

8-1

W 35-13 over Stuarts Draft

3 (3)

Central-Lunenburg

10-0

W 22-8 over Amelia County

4 (5)

Narrows

8-1

W 42-35 over Bath County

5 (6)

George Wythe

6-3

Idle

6 (4)

King & Queen

8-2

L 25-45 to King William

7 (10)

Galax

6-3

W 31-14 over Grayson County

8 (8)

Northumberland

8-2

W 53-20 over Lancaster

9 (7)

Grayson County

8-2

L 14-31 to Galax

10 (HM)

Patrick Henry-GS

7-3

W 56-0 over Northwood

Honorable Mention:
Twin Springs (7-2)
Holston (7-3)



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